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by zhte415 13y ago
I wouldn't change a lot, perhaps nothing. VBA is a fuzzy line; a lot of functionality is added through plugins from Bloomberg / Datastream / Reauters (I live in the financial world) through C++ libraries for all kinds of func
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by zhte415 13y ago
Try a Welsh Rabbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsh_rarebit
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by zhte415 13y ago
In 2006 China demanded all mobile telephone manufactures to standardise on USB connections for charging and data transfer. South Korea did so a year earlier, requiring 'standardized charging' without explicitly stating USB. [1]
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> Also, I can't think of a reason why they wouldn't do it this way. Credit risk and liquidity risk, as well as systemic risk exasperated by asynchronous transfers and time lag. Banks do sometimes go bankrupt. While MFGlobal wa
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by zhte415 13y ago
A very related link to a project I'm unaffiliated with, but which I've been aware of for some time: Homicide Watch. It follows homicides in DC (largely shooting related) from incident through trial and the wider ramifications.
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by zhte415 13y ago
i3 on Mint, Intel graphics. Took around 20% of one core (derived by clicking and unclicking Edit / Run).
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by zhte415 13y ago
Android is not banned from (or, in) China. It is hugely popular. See, for example, a popular website's offerings for Android telephones: http://mobile.139shop.com/commend/170__001_1.htm Interestingly, in China,
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by zhte415 13y ago
Reporting in.
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by zhte415 13y ago
Not as a Word replacement (never used Word), but Excel and Powerpoint: I switched. It took a couple of months to feel as productive. The first 2 weeks were especially hair pulling. Much was due to the ribbon interface, which I liked, whi
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by zhte415 13y ago
Ever read The Mythical Man Month? Very relevant to your statement.
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No headphones please. Seriously. If someone really wants to listen to music, cool, headphones. If someone wants to text their friends 80% of the day that is also cool (connections bring support and inspiration). Headphones are an escape fr
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by zhte415 13y ago
A personal peeve, and question. Peeve: I visit a lot of companies, and a lot of my works involves displaying a presentation or video. Modern offices' projectors almost exclusively use a VGA cable. A few more modern offices, re-fitted
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by zhte415 13y ago
I don't think that's off-topic at all. Getting kids enthusiastic about computer science at a critical age, in an inclusive learning environment, with knowledgeable passionate mentors, is highly commendable and relevant. Good on y
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Products made in China and not exported are subject to different taxes (BTW a tag price in China is the final price, inclusive of all taxes, similar to Europe). In addition, the US probably has a more efficient distribution network, both i
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by zhte415 13y ago
This is hilarious. Good hilarious. I live in small time small city China. Usually I'd take a taxi to work, and sometimes there are no taxis. So I'd hail down a chap and persuade him to drive to my workplace. This is not disru
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by zhte415 13y ago
I did maths in Imperial College several years ago. They had a simple way of assuring attendance: no text books. Everything was recorded by hand in the lecture (before the age of digital cameras). Not one course I took had a textbook. As